Shingle



ELA-@@9794 E5 9 w24 H. A. WHEELER SHINGLE Filed Sept. 27, 1925 il gli@.m

To all whom-t may concern:

I 1,480,704 PATENT `o,1l-TI- lcl;,..'l

amv a. WHEELER., orncxsoNvInLE, rnomm.Y

Application ild September 2.7, 1923. Serial No. 665,197.'

Be it known` that I, HENRY i a citizen of the United States, residing atp use the same.

f tempts have beenmade to prod lasting roof and one having greater fireJacksonville, in the county of Duval vand State of Flori'la,'haveinvented -certainnew and useful Improvements' in Shingles; and

l do declare the -following` to be a full', clear, and exact descriptionof thevinven-Kv tion, such as will enable 'others skilled in the art tewhich it appertains to makeand In roofing tobacco barns, it is essentialthat Ventilating passages be provided froml interior to exterior andwhile numerous atuce a more resistance, the only roofs in use today,,con-

l, sist of spacedroofing Ilath and ordinary wooden shingles laid thereonwith their edges in spaced relation toA provide for ventilation. Hence,.it is an acceptedv fact liny 'the tobaccoindustry that if 'a moreperma- .nent roof is tobe'produeed, one which is `fire resisting, andonewhich may be soldl at a` price which is not rohibit'ive, such roof mustbe obtained by't 'e use of wooden shinglesl treated to increase theirlife and to resist fire to .the maximum. 'vIhis end I seek to obtain bymy invention.

A With ,the'foregoing7 in. view, the inven@ tion resides lin the novel'subjectA matter hereinafter described and claimed, thel descriptionbeing supplemented bythe accom'- panying drawing.

`Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a por- V y more cheaply than a roofformed of good tion of the improved roof. y Figuresf2 and 3 arerespectively, longitudinal and transverse sectional views of one of theshingles.

.I make useof an ordinary wooden shingle designated in the drawing bythe numeral 1 and this shingle need not be of first grade quality. The'upper side of the shingle is thickly coated .withhigh flash point-asphalt 2, and the coating 2 is in turn coated with crushedslate 3, or-other weather and fire resisting substance. The coatin `2---3 extendsfrom the lower end of the ingle toits upper end -for an importantpurpose setl forth below, and constitutes a markedv diilerentiati'onbetween. .this invention and certain prior shingles. the thick coatingof asphalt and slate or lthe like, extends aroundi the edges -of theshingle, and to prevent dry rotting, the

lowerside of tlieplatter is preferably profcoated shinglesheretoforedevised.

vthis shingle, itl encounters the coating` As indicated. at 4, l

ture, and un er fire heat is convertible into 00- a. thick viscousfluidy which is adapted to v slowly run, for a purpose. to beset forthbelow. This further distinguishes my invention 'in an important mannerfrom 5 e The shi les are laid in the usual Way upon space roofing lath6, being suiliciently stiff topermit this, which is not true of a.

number of coated, composition shingles on the' market; Spaces 'are leftbetween :the 70 shingle edges to provide Ventilating passa es 7 A roofformed in this manner, provi es for. the Anecessary 'yventilation `andweather protection and i's lire resist-antto a high degree. If one'ofthe shingles should 75 catch fire, the coating 2 3 will not `blazeviolently but willslowly -smolder unless forcibly fanned. If thefire'should burn through 2-3 of the underlying shingles and "is thusfulthergresisted against burning through the roof` and the heat from the.ire converts the coating 2-3 ^into a thick, viscous' fluid whichI runsinto the Ventilating passages 8 and seals them, so that the (ire cannotcreep 85 through'said passages to the interior of the roof, It will thusbe seen that burning of thefre through the roof and spreading over thesurface thereof is resisted to a high degrec.. i 0o #'Thefimproved roofmay be constructed t.

grade wooden shingles ,of the type now used, and a wooden shingle of poor grade cle than the best;l grade wooden-shingle now sold.Thu`s,'inexpensive manufacture does lnot produce 'aninferiorpl'od'ucabut an improved one` which-'has the additional ad- 100 vantages ofAuucing fire hazard to a. great extent `andconsequently greatly loweringinsurance rates'. f

The construction disclosed -is'preferable, butv within the vvscope ofthe invention as 105 claimed, minor changes may be made.`

Iclaim: i l, A wooden shingle adapted to be laid in overlapping relationwith other shingles upon spaced roofinglathnnd adapted* to have its'edges' spaced troni adjacent shingle edges to formventilatingl passages,a

thick fire-resisting plastic coating of unilire heat into a thickviscous fluid adapted form Athickness over the entire upper side to runinto undi seal the above-mentioned and extendngaround thegedges of said.Ventilating passages to resist passageof Bre 10 shingle to resist fireuonthe portion of the therethrough to the interior of the roof. i 5shingle' exposed tothe weather -and to also In testimony whereof I havehereunto resist fire burning through an overlapping affixed mysignature.

shingle, said coating being convertible by v HENRY WHEELER.

